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===Timebanks=== Timebanks have been established in 34 countries, with at least 500 timebanks established in 40 US states and 300 throughout the United Kingdom.<ref name=yesmag>{{cite news|last=Cahn|first=Edgar|title=Time Banking: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?|url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/time-banking-an-idea-whose-time-has-come|access-date=7 April 2013|newspaper=Yes Magazine|date=November 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |last = Cahn |first = Edgar |author-link = Edgar S. Cahn |interviewer = Michel Martin |title = Beyond Bartering: Banking On Community Connections |work = [[Tell Me More|National Public Radio: Tell Me More]] |location = Washington, DC |date = July 19, 2011 |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/19/138510242/beyond-bartering-banking-on-community-connections |access-date = February 10, 2013 }}</ref> TimeBanks also have a significant presence in Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, Senegal, Argentina, Israel, Greece, and Spain.<ref>{{cite book|last=Simon|first=Martin|title=Your Money or Your Life: Time for Both|year=2010|publisher=Freedom Favours|location=Gloucestershire, UK|isbn=978-0-9566556-0-8|pages=110–115}}</ref><ref name=bbcjapan>{{cite news|title=Minister hails Japan care scheme|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11657006|access-date=7 April 2013|newspaper=BBC News UK|date=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=greece>{{cite news|last=Madaleno|first=Margarida|title=Time-banking offers hope to the dispossessed youth of Europe|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/economics/2012/08/time-banking-offers-hope-dispossessed-youth-europe|access-date=7 April 2013|newspaper=New Statesman|date=29 August 2012}}</ref> TimeBanks have been used to reduce recidivism rates with diversionary programs for first-time juvenile offenders; facilitate re-entry of for ex-convicts; deliver health care, job training and social services in public housing complexes; facilitate substance abuse recovery; prevent institutionalization of severely disabled children through parental support networks; provide transportation for homebound seniors in rural areas; deliver elder care, community health services and hospice care; and foster women's rights initiatives in Senegal.<ref name=wbsenegal>{{Cite report |last1=Shah |first1=Angana |last2=Samb |first2=Pape |date=October 2011 |title=Time Banking™ Is More Than Money for Women in Senegal |url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/10431/652800BRI0IFC000Banking0Angana0Shah.pdf?sequence=1 |publisher=World Bank, International Finance Corporation |pages=1–4 |access-date= 7 April 2013|quote=foster women's rights initiatives in Senegal. }}</ref><ref name=annie>{{cite report|title=Building Social and Economic Support Networks with Time Dollars|year=2004|publisher=Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Center for the Study of Public Policy|location=Baltimore, MD|pages=5–10|url=http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/EC3617D80.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029033232/http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/EC3617D80.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2007 |access-date=12 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ryan-Collins|first1=Josh|last2=Stephens|first2=Lucie|last3=Coote|first3=Anna|title=The new wealth of time: How timebanking helps people build better public services|year=2008|publisher=[[New Economics Foundation]]|location=London, UK|isbn=978-1-904882-45-9 |url=http://neweconomics.org/2008/03/new-wealth-time/ |access-date=12 June 2017 <!--https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://b.3cdn.net/nefoundation/3303e9051e1e0a62ef_rrm6bu0a4.pdf--> |pages=19–51}}</ref><ref name=homecomers>{{Cite report |editor-first=Christine |editor-last=Gray |date=November 2008 |title=Coming Home: An Asset-Based Approach to Transforming Self & Community |series=Co-Production at Work |volume=1 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=[[Phelps Stokes Fund]] |url=https://actionhub.timebanks.org/sites/default/files/public_files/HomeComerReport2.pdf |access-date=12 June 2017 |quote=facilitate re-entry of for ex-convicts |archive-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612201800/https://actionhub.timebanks.org/sites/default/files/public_files/HomeComerReport2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Letcher2009>{{cite journal|last1=Letcher|first1=Abby S.|last2=Perlow|first2=Kathy M.|title=Community-Based Participatory Research Shows How a Community Initiative Creates Networks to Improve Well-Being|journal=American Journal of Preventive Medicine|date=December 2009|volume=37|issue=6S1|pages=S292–S299|doi=10.1016/j.amepre.2009.08.008|pmid=19896032}}</ref><ref name=hospice>{{cite journal|last=Miyashita|first=Mitsunori|title=The Japan HOspice and Palliative Care Evaluation study (J-HOPE study): study design and characteristics of participating institutions|journal=American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine|date=June–July 2008|volume=25|issue=3|pages=223–232|doi=10.1177/1049909108315517|pmid=18573997|s2cid=206633499|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
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